Election Night Watch With the President of Emily's List

Stephanie Schriock, the president of Emily's List, will be watching the exit polls and updating her thoughts here, throughout the night. Stay tuned!

7 p.m.

Time moves slowest on election days. It doesn't matter if you're an operative in the war room, a volunteer sprinting to get people to the polls, or someone who is just plain excited to no longer have to see attack ads on the airwaves—Election Day is the great equalizer. This year is no different. Yet with the stakes as they are, it feels entirely different.

After a surge in early voting over the weekend, over 42 million people have already cast their ballots, and I'm one of them! Many of us didn't stop there. With so much on the line, it's never been more important to pitch in to help get out the vote. So many women are just afraid to fully feel their emotions about this historic moment until the final results are in. But if we do what we need to do, there is going to be an extraordinary emotional release for women across this country. We haven't given women permission to feel this moment, because we've been so focused on keeping it contained and getting this work done!

Over the past three days alone, Democratic volunteers in battleground states have knocked on 8.2 million doors and called 12.9 million voters on the phone. When it comes to getting out the vote, there's no substitute for voter-to-voter conversations. More than 10,000 volunteers were out knocking doors for Hillary Clinton in battleground states at 8 a.m. today—and this push won't be over until the very last polls close tonight.

We have so many outstanding pro-choice Democratic women running up and down the ticket, and all of them are brave and deserve our respect. As I often say: The most courageous thing you can do in a democracy is put your name on the ballot. These volunteers aren't only getting out the vote for Hillary Clinton—they're sharing with their neighbors just how important it is to vote up and down the ballot for the leaders who will fight for them.

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